Telegram-herald., 1887-03-30

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torY h4f n<ssr s9tux
fbe saass sEAis % snssr1 sx-
sstei - Oslo 4od fse ctasr
states. EyeFy ~iieEE Nss aa1s - r<asse
t1e peope q gae sseo.4tinz saFases ~ iFfe
Ea;sLY q szs dannx Oosernos D2siey >
acn8.n <lFAit0B t8at tae isceosiae 81 saloons
sss adopted lhey tell a. Do~ ih4l 80 Ieo-
ple ssre not fea.iy Tor prob .bitioa then, os1i
taey are 8o. al they axe be 49si -
tonIshing statements Of Saet tbeF are do-
.ng As said before Ne are here es iexis-
ist - 20 consider thiz g4fsllon let Rs see
e they bssf 0ut the assertion % hsS they
hass enforced ihe lzs. simply io9x a.
lbs question in The lisht 0f lempsrsncs,
sai oQf fast ex Terieuce. We have al uuifa-
ptaehshis witness. the nltsd ,taies snd ti4e
res9Ta of the keieaue Department. There
Weso for our evidence and tind that liquor
Is sid IA every State and even IA those
where they caim 10 Os snf0rtiDg the iAs
Wat Is TIE best method of checklDg toe
ssiIs 81 taxation. 90 og prohibition.
want - kn0sa they can show me where
prob 0iii)u ever hss of can be snieEced,
want % know - J can march under thas
banner. Applause let - take Maine
FOR example y here they have lad prohibition
everything given them by the Legs 'atufe
they sss Tor i.e Us take the records Of the
Revenue Department Maine IN ie-)
lad 7t6 dealers ina -piritnOus liquors
in l5sS the number Vas increased 10 ~
aud "a 1850 there were 3jZ liquor dealers
and l55 Of these we're retailers. These
ligures show that the state OF Maine has
dealer Tor every 5i5 Of It's population. while
Michigan with It's tax las in l--2 beat II.
. -. lrtt t4e8-
troll. preacher said Sunday thai l was n
liar rather surprising Talk FOR minister
I remember passage IN the B.ble that saws
ne WnO calls his brother u fool - IN danger
OF hell ire fha, being the csse whas pun
ishulent sill be meted Out 10 the man no
calls hls brother liar. / would ike To
have him preach a sermon on that subject
next Sunday. We lind IN the records OF
the revenue department this same unim.
peachsble witness-that Bangor has 40
open saloons. while Portland has over one
hundred and fifty, and Vet they saw that
the sale OF liquo- Is prohibited ia Maine.
it has proved failure In Rhode Island, and
II we can Judge oy the Massachusetts, press
the same thing exists in Vermont, where
I. Is said 20 be al utter failure and that the
people vote between drinks.
Now let Us lake the theory OF prohibit
tionisss t0at you will do away with the
taitNLS anu the a. k4ilI Al FOu
gel prohibition. But suppose your exper-
ience is the same as these other States.
NOa can't regulate II. for You can't prohibit
a thing and regulate il n the same time.
Good by then 10 our quiet Sundays. our
quiet election days. and all regulations
Slme people think that tax alton is a license
and sug pose the folks travelling on that line
are ma the employ OF the devil and the poor
women, why they all really believe this.
We don't Cifer with these good women SO
far a. the evils Of intemperance are con-
cerned. Ia my experiences in the red ribbon
organization | saw the breaking 40 of fam
lies and other evils resulting irom liquor
We reasoned with the poor untOrunates
and saved them. The prohibitioaisis are
ani0us that their party should 90 ahead At
the expense of other parties. and they don't
care al ioia for the amendment. bat they
expect their party 10 grow and ride them
NO political enlinence. The tenn
p6rsnce sentiment OF today was
wrought by the red ribbon
organization These good women tell us
that taxation Is license. They say temper
ance is good but prohibition is better so We
ougnt TO oil 20 "a for prohibition. We
don't doubt but what temperance is good.
prohibition better, if you can get it. but YOU
can't. But these people won't reason, 50
they say taxation does no good. We have
other social nu sancss bit iutempsranc. IS
the king OF them all. There are the high
hats that ladies wear a. the theatre. hal
one ia front of me the other day az church
and il rid the minister from view, 80 had
10 move my seat. Now suppose us men got
uD a petition TO the Council, and
ihat body prohibited the wearing of
Them how many would We see q, the
next opera venture TO say that every
woman would wear one as a sort OF deli
arce. N0E suppose some sagacious fellow
in the council repealed that ordinance and
enacted nes one putting tax OF sS on
each high hat then how many high hats
would you SEE at the next opera Not one.
for the ladies wouldn't pay that sam, ex-
cept. perhaps j. might be some old doga-
ger VINO wanted % show her wealth. Take
this - yourselves ladies and apply il TO pro-
hibition. sui, presume. like my cool
wife. Won will wake I'd in the morning AMI
say. Well. think we want prohibition
The ladies ar very peculiar SO | never ind
fault with them.
Rhode Island has demonstrated that
prohibition does not prohibit The records
show that IN Georgia there are today more
distidsfiss IN that State than ever before
and the capacity OF them all has been in
creased. The C0DHai az Atlanta a paper
that did more TO bring about prohibition in
that State than any other one thing, now
comedies tina, IL il failure
Toe sneaker quoted tie present tax law of
iss9 aud as amended ia 1870. and said:
The reason the tax Is not collected Is not
tas fault OF the law but of the officers who
are too iudulgent The trouble is that tie
men charged with the enforcement OF the
laws 90 not do 20. and ! ask you temper
ance people n YOU arr IN earnest why don
you 20 m with VS. Tor the enforcement Of
the present law. Il you can't enforce the
prssent tax law. how can y0u enforce pro-
hib.forr laws Crack this nut will YOU
There is nothing ia the law or tax receipt
s4gNin- on its face iba' is \ license and
tls hiabesf legal Authorities say ths' .t -
not license n is the imposition Oi bur
den on the people who sell the LIQUORS The
saloon keepers pay National AStste. county
and city ia and are liable FOR
damages incurrsI aad believe
that by reason Of this agi-
iaii0n. the legislature will increase
the T. % $1,000. By the tax system We biz
a the profits and ultimately drive these
men out of The business. We viii keep
ievying The burdens nntl toe PROFITS are
eifsn up and tbrn the doors aud windows
rifl ~ clasoi. fjr were there no profits
there ~orl5 pe no sai00ns Thgs Il is we
hoDe - hit al The root II the eVi'. Ia this
was ~ aope io fsUedy r.
tfet "a sc what hss been ihe resuit of
taxation in ) .l. ueier prohibition there
existed in she safe ~ Michigan 80 sa-
loo1s in 1875 un.irr taxation. tie number
sss fecrFase1 - -il TIE burden imposed
driving o.f over s. saloons. fn fs77 the
decrease Cantinus.f The uumber beink b1f
tt'S w3sle .u 1ss2 the number wss b1r
5. s.i. fas wedding process having slowly
gore en-.